"Where Are You Now?" by Kate Bazis
Members of Sister MamaCita and MamaCita mothers’ arts cooperative are helping Patrick Henry Community College students celebrate the opening of school year 2010-2011 with a group exhibition entitled Wholons. During the month of September, artwork by artist, mother members is on view at the college’s Walker Fine Arts Center Gallery curated by Gerry Bannan, Professor of Art.
The theme of the exhibition, developed by MamaCita founder, Melissa Tevere and member Karen McLaughlin, represents the art cooperative’s intention to nurture the individual artist thereby creating a stronger whole. Karen McLaughlin writes, “As our members strive to develop as independent artists, they benefit from the strength and collaborative spirit of the group and fulfill their mission to offer constructive critique and encouragement, and ultimately, to inspire and motivate.” Representing both the cooperative’s mission and the Wholons concept, the exhibition is comprised of three, 4” x 4” pieces by each artist. These small works are hung together as parts of a larger installation. In addition, each artist is represented as an individual by a 20” x 20” piece.
To see more, visit the Walker Fine Arts Center Gallery, Patrick Henry Community College, Martinsville, Virginia. For more information, contact Lisa Reed at sister@mamacitaarts.com.
"Almond" by Deborah Hitz
"Hybrid" by Lisa Tarkett Reed
“We’re part of the matrix that creates and maintains the living world. Wherever we are, air and water move through us like a river of life. What we do to it, we do to ourselves.” - David Suzuki
untitled by Christine Kenney
